Dont you love it when one day your parents wake up and decide that having five snakes is a terrible idea? Called me things like irresponsible and selfish, even though I fully explained to them before getting my collection and that I would need to expand and get a few more racks. By "racks" they thought I meant "tubs"... Durrr, I guess its my fault for not going into full detail. Depending on the situation, I wont be able to move out for another 3 years so theres a chance I might have to sell my collection, but I have been trying to discuss with them in a positive manner what other solutions I have.

Anyone else have problems with juggling their ball python hobby and parents / roomates / girlfriend ? Or any parents out there with some parental wisdome for me? Im not sure how Im going to get out of this one, I tried explaining that I have spent a great deal of money already on the collection, and my dad promptly storms in saying "I'll give you $3000 to get rid of them!". I proceeded to explain that it wasnt about the money, that it was my hobby and I wanted to do it for the rest of my life because it was my passion But they didnt really even acknowledge that point.

Things are really rocky between me and my parents right now.. I have the choice of either dropping out of college, working full time instead of 14 hours a week, and supporting my snakes OR staying in college for another 2 years, living at home and selling my collection for the time being until I save enough to move out (Im smart enough to know that if its between those two options, there really isnt a choice to be made, I would stay in school). It breaks my heart that this could be a reality but I wont find out until my parents give me an ultimatum in a few days.

I know its kind of my fault for not telling them every little detail and there was an obvious miscommunication about how many "racks" i was going to need to buy, but they have been supporting my hobby since October with not many problems so I assumed they were cool with everything. The main problem they have now is that they thought I had bought all the things necessary for my snakes, but I told them today that I would still have to expand by buying a new rack for my males and females and hatchlings and an incubator, and thats what made them freak out. Such a terrible day , and sorry for the rant guys, just wanted to see what some of you, who are actually parents, have to say about this..